Biography
From an early age, traditional folk music played an integral part in Hedy West's life. While many of her peers would experience rural music for the first time in urban settings during the late-'50s folk revival, West drew upon ...
More »From an early age, traditional folk music played an integral part in Hedy West's life. While many of her peers would experience rural music for the first time in urban settings during the late-'50s folk revival, West drew upon ...
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Hedy West (1938-2005) performs the song that she composed and is most remembered for, from one of her early al...



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The Wife of Usher s Well Hedy West Old Times and Hard Times Child Ballad No 79 The Wife of Usher s Well is a t...

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Lyrics: ..............G.......................e 1. If you miss the train I m on, you will a......................



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Hedy West & Bill Clifton - Getting Folk Out Of The Country In the 70s I booked various American artists to pla...

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Hope you like it! This was a great moment. My sons had long hair many years and with short hair they look now ...

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Peter Schwarzwald - Five Hundred Miles (Hedy West cover) - recorded in my music room on December 9, 2011...

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If you miss the train I m on You will know that I have gone You will hear the whistle blow a hundred miles A h...

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This song was written (words and music) a long time ago : before the fifties of the twentieth century by Hedy ...

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Josh Ritter and Dawn Landes with 500 Miles (Hedy West cover) live at Botanique, Brussel on 16-09-2010...

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Rob Fahey and the Pieces (Jeff Wolinski on bass and Tom White on drums) perform Hedy West s often covered folk...


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The definitive version of Hedy West s 500 Miles has to be the 1961 recording by The Journeymen (Scott Mckenzie...


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DISCLAIMER: All music, lyrics, videos and photos, remain copyright of their respective owners. No infringement...

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It s new music time again on Holy Moly. At least it s new if you ve never heard Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell b...

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This song was first recorded in 1961 by The Journeymen. A webpage has information on the song: ===============...

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500 Miles is one of America s best loved and best known folk songs, and it is written by Hedy West If you miss...

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I learned this song from a Hedy West recording. Unfortunately I don t have Hedy West s nice Georgian accent, b...

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This song is believed to have been written by Hedy West born in the mountains of Georgia in 1938, daughter of ...

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This beautiful lament is generally credited as being written by Heddy West in 1961. However, it was Peter, Pau...

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This song was covered by a lot of singers. My version is based on the one I heard from a friend of mine who is...

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Post a comment and let me know what you think! This is an audition piece for Britain s got talent which I will...